RecyclingWorkshops in Castellanza

22-26 October 2007

Let’s save our planet

Segregate rubbish at home,at work and at school

• These are answers if we segregate rubbish at home, at work and at school.

Yes 65%

No 35%

Recycling

Segregated rubbish is reused in 88%, stored in 7%, neutralised in 3% and disposed in 2%

88%

7% 3% 2%

reused

stored

neutralised

disposed

Let’s segregate rubbish

What can we

do to decrease

the amount of rubbish?

- we have to use disposable carrier bags

- we have to use durable things0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2006r

all

paper

glass

plastic

metals

Thanks to segregation we will avoid wasting precious raw resources

Recycling bins

Choose your life…Choose your life…

Recycling

Recycling - is the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

The table presents how much recyclable

material is regained from rubbish. Country Odzysk (%)

Paper GlassAustria 52 64

Danmark 47 48

France 35 44

Holland 52 73

Germany 42 65

Sweden 46 58

Great Britain

30 26

Italy 27 53

Thanks to recycling we:

- decrease the amount of rubbish disposed

- save natural resources- save energy wasted

on disposing rubbish- decreases the amount

of space necessary for disposing rubbish